2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season

2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Dates10 April – 23 October 2016
Teams12
SponsorMolloy Environmental
ChampionsBorder St Rynagh's (17th title)
Seán Dolan (captain)
Francis Forde (manager)
Runners-upBorder Birr
Brian Watkins (captain)
Paddy Kirwan (manager)
RelegatedBorder Ballinamere
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored105 (2.63 per match)
Points scored1208 (30.2 per match)
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The 2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 119th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The championship ran from 10 April to 23 October 2016.

Coolderry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St Rynagh's in the quarter-finals.[1][2]

The final was played on 23 October 2016 at O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between St Rynagh's and Birr, in what was their eighth meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 15 years. St Rynagh's won the match by 2–16 to 1–15 to claim their 17th championship title overall and a first title in 23 years.[3][4]

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Quarter-finalists   Relegation playoffs

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Birr 5 5 0 0 109 72 37 10
Seir Kieran 5 3 0 2 103 74 31 6
Kinnitty 5 3 0 2 104 78 26 6
Coolderry 5 3 0 2 99 100 -1 6
Shamrocks 5 1 0 4 58 97 -31 2
Tullamore 5 0 0 5 71 123 -52 0

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Quarter-finalists   Relegation playoffs

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
St Rynagh's 5 4 0 1 125 85 40 8
Shinrone 5 4 0 1 107 76 31 8
Kilcormac–Killoughey 5 3 1 1 106 75 31 7
Belmont 5 2 1 2 121 97 24 5
Ballinamere 5 1 0 4 71 122 -51 2
Lusmagh 5 0 0 5 68 143 -75 0

Knockout stage

Relegation playoffs

Ballinamere v Tullamore
3 September 2016 Round 1 Ballinamere 2-13 - 3-14 Tullamore Clara Grounds
Lusmagh v Shamrocks
11 September 2016 Round 1 Lusmagh 0-22 - 1-13 Shamrocks Páirc Naomh Raghnach
Ballinamere v Shamrocks
25 September 2016 Final Ballinamere 0-14 - 1-12 Shamrocks Clara Grounds

Quarter-finals

Birr v Belmont
10 September 2016 Quarter-final Birr 1-21 - 2-11 Belmont O'Connor Park
E Nolan 1-5, E Cahill 0-8, B Murphy 0-5, R Hanniffy 0-2, B Harding 0-1. O Kelly 1-2, C Egan 1-1, M Egan 0-4, J Maher 0-2, D Egan 0-1, L Fox 0-1.
Kilcormac–Killoughey v Seir Kieran
10 September 2016 Quarter-final Kilcormac–Killoughey 0-20 - 3-10 Seir Kieran O'Connor Park
C Slevin 0-9, C Kiely 0-3, D Currams 0-2, C Mahon 0-2, P Geraghty 0-2, T Geraghty 0-1, K Leonard 0-1. J Mulrooney 2-0, J Bergin 0-4, A Hynes 1-0, K Dunne 0-3, B Connors 0-1, T Carroll 0-1, E Murphy 0-1.
St Rynagh's v Coolderry
11 September 2016 Quarter-final St Rynagh's 0-27 - 0-17 Coolderry St Brendan's Park
M Maloney 0-11, A Treacy 0-3, P Camon 0-2, P Quirke 0-2, R Hughes 0-2, S Dolan 0-2, D Molloy 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, G Kelly 0-1, G Conneely 0-1, G Scales 0-1. B Carroll 0-9, K Connolly 0-3, D Miller 0-2, D King 0-1, B Teehan 0-1, J Brady 0-1.
Kinnitty v Shinrone
11 September 2016 Quarter-final Kinnitty 2-20 - 2-18 Shinrone St Brendan's Park
C Coughlan 0-15, S Kinsella 1-1, J Dempsey 1-0, K Bergin 0-1, B Coughlan 0-1, O Kealey 0-1, J Hardiman 0-1. C Doughan 0-5, JP Cleary 1-1, D Morkan 0-4, J Sampson 1-0, S Cleary 0-3, A Cleary 0-2, J Cleary 0-1, M Cordial 0-1, C Cleary 0-1.

Semi-finals

Birr v Kinnitty
2 October 2016 Semi-final Birr 1-19 - 0-16 Kinnitty O'Connor Park
E Cahill 1-11, E Nolan 0-3, B Murphy 0-2, S Ryan 0-1, R Hanniffy 0-1, C Mulrooney 0-1. C Coughlan 0-9, S Kinsella 0-3, E Callaghan 0-2, L Bergin 0-1, J Molloy 0-1.
St Rynagh's v Kilcormac–Killoughey
2 October 2016 Semi-final St Rynagh's 1-11 - 0-12 Kilcormac–Killoughey O'Connor Park
S Quirke 1-2, M Maloney 0-3, A Treacy 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, R Hughes 0-1, G Kelly 0-1, S Dolan 0-1, G Scales 0-1. C Slevin 0-6, J Gorman 0-2, T Geraghty 0-1, P Geraghty 0-1, C Kiely 0-1.

Final

St Rynagh's v Birr
23 October 2016 Final St Rynagh's 2-16 - 1-15 Birr O'Connor Park
R Hughes (1-4); S Wynne (0-6, 5 frees); J O’Connor (1-2); S Quirke (0-3 frees); G Conneely (0-1) Report E Cahill (0-7 frees); C Mulrooney (1-1); E Nolan (0-3); B Harding, B Murphy, B Whelahan, S Ryan (0-1 each)

References

  1. ^ "Late drama in Offaly as Coolderry seal their 30th SHC title". The 42. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Offaly SHC: Rynagh's end Coolderry's reign". Hogan Stand. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ "St Rynagh's withstand Birr charge". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Ronan Hughes the hero as St Rynagh's reign in Offaly". RTÉ Sport. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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